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Monochrome by Spreadpoint [web]
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screenshot added by Depeche on 2022-11-26 21:46:59
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release date : november 2022
release party : Demonights 016 2022
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added on the 2022-11-26 21:46:59 by Depeche Depeche

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classy visuals and sound, love it!
rulez added on the 2022-11-26 22:26:06 by mcCoy mcCoy
as always, yes
rulez added on the 2022-11-26 22:58:06 by 100bit 100bit
Love will atari us apart
rulez added on the 2022-11-26 23:16:21 by grip grip
the YT link seems to be broken. this one works: https://youtu.be/QyJH4JiOREk
added on the 2022-11-27 00:48:00 by mcCoy mcCoy
Fixed.
Simple but nice.
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 00:55:58 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
nice intro :)
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 01:39:32 by rez rez
Find the hidden Part! ;)
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 01:48:37 by LordSpreadpoint LordSpreadpoint
Cool visuals and overall style! Love that spreadpoint logo wipe too.
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 05:56:18 by rloaderro rloaderro
Nice Little demo. Cool that we had a release on Demonights
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 09:26:42 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
ok
added on the 2022-11-27 10:46:34 by Frequent Frequent
Cool
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 11:32:42 by bodo^rab bodo^rab
Joy Division and Spreadpoint apparently is a good combination. :) Very enjoyable intro.
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 11:34:16 by StingRay StingRay
I like this a lot. Tho it's no 640x400 75 hz like some Atari ST mono demos ;)
added on the 2022-11-27 11:42:28 by moredhel moredhel
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Cool visuals and overall style! Love that spreadpoint logo wipe too.
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 11:55:37 by Serpent Serpent
neato. and what StingRay said.

also thanks for the greets :)
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 12:37:07 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Great!
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 14:43:47 by 4mat 4mat
Nice
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 14:46:37 by keops keops
Enjoyable different stuff!
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 15:20:02 by Buckethead Buckethead
Good! Reminds me... Ohhh, it does not matter ;)!
Good! What these guyz said...
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 15:55:14 by sim sim
Its ok. Not too fond of low quality samples ever though :)
added on the 2022-11-27 16:20:48 by leGend leGend
nice
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 16:32:19 by SiR SiR
Very nice, will run it on the real thing ASAP. Maybe it could have been in HI-RES?

Oh and thanks for the greetings, this is my first time and I won't forget it :)
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 19:45:39 by KONEY KONEY
Cool little thing.
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 19:59:53 by ham ham
I like it!
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 20:19:24 by Virgill Virgill
Cool thang! I'M NOT BIASED! :-D Still, cool. Way to go, Depeche!
rulez added on the 2022-11-27 21:02:44 by mnemotron mnemotron
This transmission is an unknown pleasure to me on this blue monday
rulez added on the 2022-11-28 15:17:19 by v3nom v3nom
Love the "Unknown Pleasures" effect and how it all works together with the tune. Maybe small in size but not in content. You are INTERGALACTIC guyz! :)
rulez added on the 2022-11-28 19:16:31 by sachy sachy
Logo swipe + source thumb
rulez added on the 2022-11-29 00:42:42 by JAC! JAC!
Neat logo effect and audio visualisation presented in its very own style
like the previous releases. I'm curious what will be next.
Public source code appreciated and thanks for the unexpected
greetings. I had to rub my eyes in disbelief. Cheers.
rulez added on the 2022-11-29 12:24:48 by ROG_VF ROG_VF
Thank you for the kind comments and ratings. I always read all the comments. Now it's time to share a few details with you.

General
A few weeks after the release of Talking Heads , Lord proposed to release another smaller production by the end of the year. He had something in mind with waves. But I had no idea at all what new things could be done with waves. In my opinion, Zodiac has already made the most beautiful waves on the Amiga in his Zappel demo. So another function plotter was out of the question. But then I suddenly had this idea with Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover respectively the data of the pulsar CP 1919. Then it started under the working title "UP" (Unknown Pleasures). However, it was clear that the demo would eventually be called something else. The name "Joy to the World" was in the running for a long time. After a short discussion with Ferris, Gargaj and Spenot we decided to use Monochrome.

Tech
To draw many short lines with the blitter, the initialization effort of the individual partial lines is too big. And for removing hidden lines you need the pixel coordinates of the lines, if you don't want to do this by filling areas. Anyway, it just takes too long. Conclusion: the lines are drawn with Bresenham's line algorithm (CPU).

For the real-time "spectrum analyzer", I first considered doing this with precalculated FFT data. But the amount of data would be too big and I suspect that it would not look so good. Now the instruments simply trigger peaks on the x axis. The played tones/samples can be intercepted well in the Light Speed Player.

The logo effect (some of you call it wipe or swipe) came about quite spontaneously. Lord first offered to draw a logo. However, I told him to wait with it, because I had an idea. And that idea looks pretty good to me now. The 4 "celestial directions" are made with 3 bitplanes and 1 sprites layer.

Fun facts
Lord wished for a snowfall effect at the end of the demo. However, I found it too playful for the rather minimalist mood. So I didn't implement it. But there is a small apology in the form of a hidden message. Maybe you just hold something down during startup or look into the source code. ;-)

Q&A
KONEY, moredhel: hi-res was actually the idea at the beginning. Somehow, however, I didn't pursue it any further.
ROG: To answer your question what comes next: probably something completely different. Stay tuned. Needs some more time.
added on the 2022-11-29 17:37:31 by Depeche Depeche
pretty neat!
is there a chance for Amicom's "Atom Demo" anytime soon? =)
rulez added on the 2022-11-29 21:00:15 by gentleman gentleman
nice atmosphere, a bit retro futurism
rulez added on the 2022-12-01 14:10:54 by gorgh gorgh
Nice one!
rulez added on the 2022-12-02 11:19:50 by violator violator
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And for removing hidden lines you need the pixel coordinates of
the lines, if you don't want to do this by filling areas.

That's where I ended up when I thought about it with my modest
knowledge...something like one set pixel per x-coord of the audiowave,
subsequently vertically filled from top to bottom in order to get a mask.

Quote:
Stay tuned. Needs some more time.

Yeah, staying tuned and taut as a bow :-)

Spreadpoint [web]
The Spreadpoint[web] link tries to connect to MPI / Berlin (Molecular
Genetics) but fails. Eh, is that supposed to be like that?
added on the 2022-12-02 14:35:58 by ROG_VF ROG_VF
Very well executed ! I really like the consistency here. But to TBH when I first saw the screenshot I felt oh no... not this cover... to me it is to computer graphics something like stairway to heaven is for guitar shops... but as said, I am glad Depeche did it so at least it well done before anyone else waste it.
rulez added on the 2022-12-02 18:26:23 by Fab Fab
Thanks gentleman, gorgh, violator (Somehow I like your name ;-) ), ROG_VF and Jumbo Burger for the new comments.

gentleman: Even I can't wait for the day when Amicom's Atom demo will see the light of day. ;-) It was announced big in the Small Demo back then.
ROG: Oops. The link effectively still points to an ancient and now inactive website. Correction has been requested. Thanks.
Jumbo Burger: I'm glad it turned out so well. I actually thought twice about uploading this exact screenshot. And now I'm looking forward to Melon's next production ;-)
added on the 2022-12-02 21:01:59 by Depeche Depeche
OK.
added on the 2022-12-05 21:03:27 by AntDude AntDude
nice!
rulez added on the 2022-12-11 10:47:20 by cerror cerror
stylish
rulez added on the 2022-12-11 21:03:01 by wullon wullon
Simplicity as concept and neat execution.
rulez added on the 2022-12-15 23:26:20 by Rhino/BG Rhino/BG
I'm biased, of course, because Monochrome was released at the Demonights in Bern. A really well done production, to the point. Thanks Spreadpoint for being awesome.
rulez added on the 2022-12-18 20:52:52 by unlock unlock
More technical wizardry from Depeche, along with a cool atmosphere. I love the wild sounds. Great work guys!
rulez added on the 2022-12-21 14:29:30 by Motion Motion
Wacky music :) but I feel the subject could have been explored further.
added on the 2022-12-24 11:44:11 by Photon Photon
simple but nice
rulez added on the 2022-12-26 00:26:38 by frog frog
yup, who needs colors after all !
rulez added on the 2022-12-27 02:30:55 by mccnex mccnex
Stylish!
rulez added on the 2024-03-22 19:34:00 by Olympian Olympian
What a lovely thing!
rulez added on the 2024-03-22 20:58:56 by chavez chavez
Great effect. Too bad that it stops when the music is getting interesting.
rulez added on the 2024-06-07 19:37:47 by ok3anos ok3anos

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